Bolster and White lead comeback victory for Stonehill over Merrimack

EASTON, Mass. (October 8, 2011) – The Stonehill College men's soccer team earned a 2-1 come-from-behind victory over Merrimack College on Saturday afternoon in Northeast-10 Conference (NE-10) action at Skyhawk Field.

Senior forward Robbie Sabadoz (Ottawa, Ont./Woodroffe) put the Warriors ahead early at 10:07 sniping a shot into the lower left corner of the net past Skyhawks goalkeeper Adam Colella (Wilmington, Mass./St. John's Prep.) for a 1-0 lead. Nicholas Lo Coco (Gloucester, Mass./Gloucester) set up the tally with a through ball into the box from about 25 yards out.

After being held scoreless in the first half, Stonehill rebounded quickly in the second stanza as senior forward Mark Bolster (Narragansett, R.I./Narragansett) slipped behind Merrimack's defense on a corner kick and headed home Ross McWilliams' (Kingston, R.I./South Kingstown) cross into the top left corner of the net behind Warriors goalkeeper Evan Berube (Uxbridge, Mass./Northbridge) tying the score, 1-1, at the 46:25 mark.

Michael White (Lisbon, N.H./Lisbon Regional) completed the comeback for the Skyhawks at 70:34 corralling a loose ball in the box and firing into a wide open net for a 2-1 lead. Junior back Kristopher Brassard (Barre, Vt./Tilton School) created the scoring opportunity lofting a cross into the box that was punched away by Berube before White gathered the carom out of a scrum and finished for his fourth goal of the season.

Colella improved to 5-4-0 overall making two saves in net for Stonehill. Berube also turned away two shots in the loss.

Merrimack outshot the Skyhawks, 15-12, in the contest but lost the corners matchup, 7-2.

Stonehill (6-6-0, 4-4-0 NE-10) hosts Mercy College on Wednesday, October 12 at Skyhawk Field at 3:30 p.m. The Warriors (6-4-2, 4-3-0 NE-10) hosts #2 nationally ranked Franklin Pierce University in a NE-10 matchup on Tuesday, October 11 at 7 p.m.

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